The act was ruled intentional, as the Rockies contended. The Rockies traded Jimenez to the Indians last July, and Jimenez and Rockies players have snipped in the media all spring. But Tracy called Jimenez’s hitting Tulowitzki and challenging him from the mound a “gutless act.”

“I have one comment about it, then I want to leave it alone: The professionalism and the integrity of the game is very, important to me,” Tracy said. “I am a big believer in right is right and wrong is wrong. And that was wrong yesterday. It was very wrong.

“To see Major League Baseball react to the situation in the manner in which it did, it just fortifies the importance of the professionalism and integrity of the game.”

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